St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-02
TEMPERANCE SERMON.
The Evils of lntemperance Demon
strated in Vivid Manner.

An interesting temperance sermon was
preached last night at Trinity Norwegian
Lutheran church by the pastor, Rev. Falk
Giersten, from 1 Cor, ", 81: whether,
therefore, We eat or drink, or whatever you
do, do it all to the glory OF God"
A Christian has consecrated himself and
his life to the service of God, and this conse
Grafton will define his position as far as spir-
ituous liquor is concerned. His relation to
liquor is: the glory of God. And howsis the
glory of God served in this connection? We
answer Immediately by total abstinence. The
appetite for drink and it's qualification is GER
tanly serving very opposite end. Our
bodies should be the temples of G cd; liquor
detiles this temple, Shortens life, weakens
the strength of body and sonl, and
is hndrance to true Christian
influence. By using liquor we give our con-
sent, encouragement and example to depraved
appetiteS and corrupt and immoral habits,
and our influence is then certainly against the
glory of God Liquor is deadly foe, and as
such we have to treat it. Wherever il gains
Il fooJhold it Stays purity and destroys life.
Wherever you see the pail filed with beer
pass in and out, that foaming liquid will
gradually wash out purity in thought aid
life honesty in purpose, success n business
and happiness in the house. | have known
shops where a blessing seemed to rest upon the
work and prosper il, and after while saw
the beer pail passing through the door, and |
knew what the end would be, and it always
came, sometimes quicker, sometimes slower,
u blight had fallen upon the fair prospects. Il
curse upon the hard work. When the whisky
bottle has found place in a home, the devil
sits grinning from the shelf and the angels of
God are departing. Keep the bottle out Of
your houses, keep the beer pail out of your
shops and turn away from those apostles of
the devil who always go prating about liberty,
liberty. God tells you not to live accord
ing to the flesh and its appetites,
but to practice "selfdenial." The church
of God should be wholly for temperance, as
it always should be the champion Of every
virtue, every true reform. Every minister
should be Il temperance man: every member
of the church., also the pulpit and the pew
should both be the enemy of the bottle.
Every member of the church who encourages
In any way the use of liquor, is siding with
the devil against God. The kingdom of God
is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy
Ghost; liquor is the. very opposite.
The Christian must work for the
abolition of the liquor traffic 1t is the cham
pion of lawlessness and crime, and the pro-
lection of our HON IS and our lives demand
its abolition. Thou shalt not kill'' is a pro-
hibitory commandment in the laws of God
ana man. The sale and use Of liquor is a sin
against this commandment. In d drunken
frenzy al educated and prominent man
lifts his hand and shoots his friend dead.
Liquor fired his brain and he became MUIR
derer. One of the foremost lawyers in the
land defends him, he was drunk. A jury clears
him; he was not guilty. and he is let loose
that he may Stay more, and his old friends
congratulate him and shakes His bloody hand.
What are we coming to! Liquor not only
causes murder, but it clears those who COM
init it. And look around you. Do YOU know
how it looks throughout this city? We church
people fence in little place for ourselves,
where we have good time, but we don't look
outside, we don't go through the lanes and
byways of our city and investigate what is
passing. The speaker called upon every men,
Der of the church to throw his whole influence
in favor of temperance and good law abiding
and law enforcing government.